To run a CD or DVD drive troubleshooter

Music might not appear in Windows Media Center for one of the following reasons:

No music has been added to the computer. You can insert a CD into the CD-ROM drive and click Copy CD to add it to the computer.

Music has been added to your computer but no music folder locations have been identified in Windows Media Center. To add folder locations, whether on your computer or on a network folder, using the mouse on the start screen, scroll to Music, and then click music library. See Add digital media files.

The folder location that contains music is not currently available because it is on a network that is turned off, your computer is not connected to the network, or the network location that contains your music is not available at that time. Make sure all computers are turned on and connected to the network.

Album information or cover art may not display in Windows Media Center because the album information and cover art was not available when you copied the album to your computer. Make sure the computer is connected to the Internet when copying albums to your computer. Then, try to download available information about the album, including the cover art, by using Windows Media Player. For more information about adding or changing album art in Windows Media Player, see
Add or change album art in Windows Media Player.

Sometimes album cover art may not display because it is in an unsupported file format. You can use Windows Media Player to download another cover art image in a different file format. (To do this, see Add or change album art in Windows Media Player.) You can also download the appropriate codec for that file format (In Windows Media Player, click Tools, click Download, and then click Download plug-ins.)

If you get a codec error when playing an audio file, try opening the file in Windows Media Player. If you have configured Windows Media Player to automatically download codecs and the correct codec is available, the codec will be downloaded when you try to open the audio file in Windows Media Player. You must be connected to the Internet to download the codec.

Open AutoPlay by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Hardware and Sound, and then clicking AutoPlay.

To never see the AutoPlay dialog box, select Take no action next to the device or disc. To choose an action each time you plug in a device or insert a disc, select Ask me every time. To have a program open automatically each time, select the program.